Boston University Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems

The Boston University Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems was dissolved in Fall 2011, with its functions distributed into different departments and programs in the university system, and into the new Graduate Program in Cognitive and Neural Systems. The information below represents an archive of the previous program, and needs to be updated.

Boston University Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems

Faculty Profile
Nine department faculty members and twenty-eight affiliated faculty participate in the department. Secondary appointments include biology, computer and electrical engineering, computer science, psychology, mathematics, and biomedical engineering.

Major Research Themes
The units most closely linked to the department are the Center for Adaptive Systems, the Center of Excellence for Learning in Education, Science, and Technology, and the CNS Technology Laboratory. Other research resources include the campus-wide Program in Neuroscience, which includes research groups in cognitive neuroscience, neural modeling, sensory robotics, biomedical engineering, computer and systems engineering, and dynamic mathematical systems.

Other Information
CNS students are trained in a broad range of areas concerning computational neuroscience, cognitive science, and neuromorphic systems. The biological training includes study of the brain mechanisms of vision and visual object recognition; audition, speech, and language understanding; recognition learning, categorization, and long-term memory; cognitive information processing; self-organization and development, navigation, planning, and spatial orientation; cooperative and competitive network dynamics and short-term memory; reinforcement and motivation; attention; adaptive sensory-motor planning, control, and robotics; biological rhythms; consciousness; mental disorders; and the mathematical and computational methods needed to support advanced modeling research and applications. Technological training includes methods and applications in image processing, multiple types of signal processing, adaptive pattern recognition and prediction, information fusion, and intelligent control and robotics.

Degrees
The Boston University Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems has a B.A./M.A Track, a M.A. program, and a Ph.D program.

Website
Boston University Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems

Address
Dept. of Cognitive and Neural Systems

Boston University 677 Beacon St. Boston, MA 02215

Telephone
(617) 353-9481

Fax
(617)353-7755

E-mail
amos@cns.bu.edu